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I've had a love for Hot Rods most of my life, but as you go through some of the challenges of everyday life, things like Hot Rods get put on the back  burner sometimes for 30-40 years.  Then in the late 90's I started going to the Good Guys car shows and after 3-4 years my passion for hot rods  came back to the front burner.

In 2004 I decided to build a cruiser and my main objective was to have a reliable good looking car that I would be proud to display at car shows and also be able to cruise up and down the West Coast.  My 1954 Big Poppa Buick pictured above is the results of a 4 year project between 2004 and 2008 that helped me pursue my passion for everything Hot Rod related.

Please look around my website and if you have friends or family members that have thought about building a car, point them to www.bigpoppa54.com or have them to send me a message at  dpharr@pharrside.com  

I hope you enjoy looking around BigPoppa54

Da've "Big Poppa" Pharr

For Your Information
The bigpoppa54 website was launched on March 1, 2014 without any promotions or marketing.  In July 2014 we migrated to a new platform with more pictures and content examples of which are listed below:

• New Step/Route Van project ideas
• One of a kind and other concept cars
• More pictures and content on the Big Poppa Buick Project page
• More pictures and content on the Plymouth BA/GT Project page
• ​More content on the Project Resources page
• Updated Car Show Schedule, NorCal, CenCal, SoCal (Due to the current unstable car show environment the car show calendar will no longer be posted as of April 2020)
• More pictures added to the Buddies page

Near the end of  2019 we started the migration to the newest Godaddy Website Builder Platform and I expected that migration to be complete in April/May 2020, as a result of Covid 19, I expect the migration to be complete early to mid October 2020.  We will be adding new content and pictures, along with connections to Facebook.  Our thanks to all our Hot Rod friends and others for your support and feedback over the past 6 years.